stop me before I bid again

[thehefner]

Baltimore Comic Con has thrown me off the wagon. Hard. I am now scouring eBay to find:



-- 1.) Every single issue of the Timmverse animated Batman comics. That's THE BATMAN ADVENTURES, BATMAN AND ROBIN ADVENTURES, BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES, and BATMAN ADVENTURES (I have no interest in BATMAN BEYOND). Because at their best, these really are some of the finest Batman comics I have ever read, period. Time and again, I read an issue that makes me go, "YES. *THAT* is what I love about these characters." There's more consistent quality from these runs than almost anything else I see in canon DCU, and it pains me that these aren't better known nor loved by kids and adults alike.



... and...



-- 2.) Every single major Two-Face appearance ever. Well, at least some of the more obscure ones from around 1976-1990.












I'm totally doing that Two-Face-centric blog at some point. I managed to salvage the old essays I wrote for scans_daily (my three-part Gilda retrospective! "The Ballad of Harvey and Renee!" "Harvey Dent: Comic Writer?" And the classic, "It Sucks to be Harvey Dent!"), and I plan to revise them accordingly with more insight and whatnot. Ooh, ooh, I can finally have an excuse to do that essay about how Harvey has been the trial by fire for all the male Robins. I'll say it again, he's the Wacky Uncle of the Bat-Family!

Of course, none of that will happen until I've finished the first draft of a new show for Fringe 2010. Such geeky self-indulgence shall be my reward. And this, ladies and gents, is why Heffie never does NaNoWriMo.

Comments

[night-train-fm.livejournal.com]

Aw, no interest in Beyond? Why, dude, why?

I am, however, fully in support of more Two-Face scans, especially if they include Eye of the Beholder (I, uh, think that's what it was called).

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Well, the practical answer now is that I just can't afford it! ;p

But seriously, I never really got into BB in first run. It just felt too much like "Kyle Rayner Batman in a flashy BLADE RUNNER future." The only interest I ever had in it were the episodes that directly tied into the BTAS continuity (the excellent Mr. Freeze episode, the uncut RETURN OF THE JOKER, the BB tie-in episode "Epilogue" from JLU). I suppose now I really should check out the DVDs and try to give the whole thing a fair shake.

Absolutely, there'll be "Eye of the Beholder!" And chances are I'll even be referring back to it on a regular basis, as it's to date the definitive Two-Face origin.

[night-train-fm.livejournal.com]

The Freeze episode was indeed great stuff. I'd recommend April Moon and Sneak Peek simply for having two of the darkest endings I've seen on a kid's show. Also of note: Dead Man's Hand, Shriek, Babel, Eyewitness, Ascension, and just about anything where old-man-Bruce gets to be snarky and badass (which is a lot):

'Who do you think you're talkin' to, old man? We're the Jokerz!'
'Sure you are.'

[kiffie.livejournal.com]

I'm fairly sure we have every single Timm-verse comic, or damn near. My father would go right for them each month when we went to the comic shop. At one time, they were all stored together in their own milk boxes. Unfortunately, now, they're spread out over several boxes, most of which are in storage. :(

On the upside, they sold well, so I'm sure you'll be able to find them in lots on ebay.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Let me tell you, it has been HARD to find any of those issues at comic stores that sell back issues! We've been looking at stores all over the country during our road trip, never finding a single bloody issue from any of the four series!

So far, I'm not having too much like finding lots. Just lots of individual issues. But they're like a buck each, and many from Mile High Comics, which means I could get at least those in the same shipment. So that's okay, I guess.

I don't like buying back issues. I'm firmly a trade paperback kind of guy. Just watch my luck: once I've snatched them all up, DC will announce they're finally putting them all out in tpb.

Glad to know they sold well, though. I do wish these could have gotten better appreciation in the fan and pro community alike. Over the past ten years, the only times Batman's ever gotten major attention was for stuff like HUSH and R.I.P., where people would say, "This is the first time Batman's been interesting in years!" All I can do is shake my head and wonder. Either they haven't read the Timmverse stories, or they did and it did nothing for them, in which case I am left rather depressed for the state of fandom in general.

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[american-arcane.livejournal.com]

But have you laid eyes upon this yet:
http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/10/12/first-look-video-neil-patrick-performs-drives-us-bats/

:)

Re: Not quite related...

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

EGAD.

Is that an original villain? Haha, did they just make up a music-themed supervillain for an excuse to have NPH sing on the show? Because that's what I'd do!

Man, I'm glad B:TB&TB is getting this kind of exposure. That show is way better than I ever expected it to be, and is exposing a whole new generation to Silver Age cracky DC.

Re: Not quite related...

[leiacat.livejournal.com]

*grin* I was beat to it - I was just about to show you that link.

[sara-lakali.livejournal.com]

Wow, that takes me back. I had copies of the 100-page giant and the second of the two Brave and the Bolds. In particular, I remember reading that 100 pager while staying in campus housing in Macomb, IL. My dad had just accepted a job at WIU and we were in town for a few days to try to find a place to live.

Sadly, because I read my books over and over instead of putting them in plastic bags, they lost pages over the years and I think those particular books eventually succumbed to termites. :(

[swimpenguin.livejournal.com]

Have you all FREAKED OUT letting TWO-FACE join the JLA?
I love the emphasis on FREAKED OUT. I bet it was the freakiest issue ever! :)